Seamless knitted hosiery article



Jan. 9, 1962 G. LOIZILLON 3,015,943

SEAMLESS KNITTED HOSIERY ARTICLE Filed May 18, 1956 3 Sheets-Sheet 1FIG-1 FIGZ llVVENTOR GUY LO/Z/LLO/V Q i By M 5 M Af/arneys Jan. 9, 1962G. LOIZILLON SEAMLESS KNITTED HOSIERYU'ARTICLE Filed May 18, 1956 3Sheets-Sheet 2 Af/arneys Jan. 9, 1962 G. LOIZILLON 3,

SEAMLESS KNITTED HOSIERY ARTICLE Filed May 18, 1956 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 GUYLO/Z/LLON BY Wm. 1%

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United States Patent France Filed May 18, 1956, Ser. No. 585,714 Claimspriority, application France May 21, 1955 2 Claims. (Cl. 66-188) Thepresent invention relates to seamless knitted hosiery articles.

More particularly, the present invention relates to seamless stockings,half hose, socks and the like, knitted in the leg and sole with a halfcardigan or a combination of half cardigan and another type of stitch.

In the knitting art, stitches called half cardigan have been known andapplied for quite some time on straight-line frames for manufacturingunderwear and outerwear clothing. This half cardigan has also beenapplied on straight line frames for manufacturing fullfashioned socks.

Furthermore, the half cardigan has been used on double cylinder circularframes for manufacturing seamless articles of footwear such as seamlessstockings, half hose, socks, etc., with half cardigan at the top. Thisknown method consists of accumulating in the lower cylinder 21 new loopin the needle hook with the old stitch at the main feed and casting offthe tuck stitches at the secondary feed. However, no seamless article offootwear with half cardigan throughout the entire length of the leg andfoot has heretofore been made, nor could such an article be made by anyof the above-mentioned methods.

It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to provide aseamless article of footwear, such as a stocking, half hose, sock, orthe like, with half cardigan throughout the entire length of the leg andfoot.

The present invention also concerns itself with a seamless article offootwear such as a stocking, half hose, sock or the like, in halfcardigan tuck rib in the leg and foot and, with two different textilematerials, so that one of the textile materials appears on the outsideof the leg and foot of the article and the other appears in relief onthe inside of the leg and foot of the article.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a seamlessarticle of footwear of the above-mentioned type which comprises threadsof synthetic material and natural fibers distributed in such a mannerthat they increase the useful life as well as the comfort of thearticle.

The objects of the present invention also include the provision of aseamless article of footwear of the above type which is speciallyadapted to the shape of the foot and does not twist on the leg.

Additional objects and advantages of the present invention will becomeapparent upon consideration of the specification when read inconjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 shows an article of footwear with uniform half cardigan tuck ribin the leg and foot;

FIG. 2 shows an article of footwear with fancy half cardigan tuck rib inthe leg and instep of the foot and ordinary half cardigan in the sole,the ordinary half cardigan being one made with the 1X1 arrangement ofthe needles and the fancy half cardigan being one made with another typeof arrangement such as LXlXlXX in which 1 is representative of a stitchformed on the right side and X a stitch formed on the Wrong, or 'back,side of the article.

FIG. 3 shows an article of footwear with a combination half cardigantuck rib and links-links loops in the leg and instep; and

FIG. 4 is a fragmentary view, on a larger scale, of the outside of ahalf cardigan tuck rib knitted textile.

FIGS. 5 and 6 are fragmentary views, on a larger scale of the platedknitting of the heel and toe.

Referring now to the drawings, FIG. 1 shows an article of footwear withuniform half cardigan tuck rib in the leg and foot. The article is thusuniformly elastic.

FIG. 2 shows an article similar at FIG. 1, except that the leg andinstep of the foot are fancy half cardigan tuck rib. This fancy halfcardigan is made with longitudinal bands of half cardigan tuck ribstitches and longitudinal bands of reversed stitches.

The present invention also resides in an article of footwear with acombination of half cardigan tuck rib and loops called links-links, andsuch an arrangement is shown in FIG. 3. This particular article has beenfound to be better wearing than the articles shown in FIGS. 1 and 2because, due to the great flexibility of half cardigan, once the articleis on the foot it has a tendency to turn around with leg rubbing againstthe other, particularly when the Wearers legs are crossed, Whereas thearticle 'shown in FIG. 3, being made with a combination of half cardiganand links-links loops, offers the advantages of allowing the productionof longitudinal stripes that are less elastic than the remainder of thearticle. This makes the article fit closer to the leg and thus preventsit from twisting around. FIG. 3 also shows a stripe of linkslinks loopsat each heel corner, it being obvious that the number, width andposition of these stripes may vary. Furthermore, it will also be notedthat the article can be manufactured in different ways, according to thevarious types of double-cylinder machines used.

The articles of footwear according to the present invention are made onthe double cylinder machines generally used for making stockings, halfhose, socks, etc. However, these machines are modified for the purposeof making half cardigan tuck rib throughout the entire leg and footwhile utilizing synthetic yarn at one feed and natural yarn at the otherfeed. In this manner, an article of footwear is obtained in which thesynetheti-c yarn appears in the leg and foot at the outside While thenatural yarn in relief is on the inside of the leg and foot of thearticle. Indeed, if a knitted article executed in half cardigan with thetuck inside i examined closely, see FIG. 4 which illustrates the frontof the fabric or in the case of a sock, the outside thereof, it will beseen that the loop :1 appears only in relief on the outside (row I) ofthe knitted article; and, since loop part b is much larger than theordinary loop 0, only the part b appears, to all intents and purposes,at the inside (row II).

With half cardigan tuck rib, if a row of natural textile material d anda row of synthetic textile material e are knitted, only the synthetictextile material will appear on the outside, and the natural textilematerial will appear in relief on the inside. Moreover, by usingdifferent colors, very beautiful fancy or multiple color effects can beobtained, these being called covered rib. By making the undersideportion of the solo in uniformly colored half cardigan, the zebraappearance is avoided which is apparent in feet made with an ordinarydouble loop feed arrangement. Thus, the general appearance of thearticle is improved.

An article of footwear according to the present invention offers thefollowing advantages:

Since the synthetic material is on the outside of the leg and foot, itis that material which is subjected to rubbing by the shoe.Consequently, the strength and wear resistance of synthetic fibers isimparted to the article.

Since the natural material is in cont act with the skin, the articleoffers all of the comfort and hygienic advantages of natural fibers.

Similar articles can be made which additionally possess the followingcharacteristics:

The heel andtoe are plated with synthetic fiber outside and naturalfiber inside. Thus, there is only one synthetic fiber outside andnatural fiber inside, thereby preventing a mixture of these fibers onthe outside of the heel and toe of the article. See FIGS. and 6, wherein101 represents the synthetic fiber and 102 represents the natural fiber.

Suitable machines for making the articles disclosed herein as well asmethods for making the same, are described and claimed in co-pendingapplication Serial No. 656,838, filed May 3, 1957, which is a divisionalapplication of the instant application. These machines and methods mayalso be used to produce an article of footwear with fancy or multi-colorhalf cardigan in the leg and instep and'ordinary half cardigan in thesole, similar to that shown in FIG. 2. The advantage of such an artioleis that the fancy half cardigan in the leg and instep gives a betterappearance to the article While the sole in ordinary half cardigan tuckrib has more rib stitches than a sole in fancy half cardigan. The Wearis thus distrib- V uted over a Wider surface, i.e., a larger number ofstitches,

and will be less, thereby increasing the useful life of the article.

The present invention is not restricted to the examples given above,inasmuch as the present invention is susceptible to modification inorder to adapt it to different usages and conditions and, accordingly,it is desired to comprehend such modifications within this invention asmay fall Within the scope of the appended claims.

' 7 What I claim is:

a A portion, a heel pocket and a toe pocket, at least the major portionof the entire length of said leg and foot portions being knit with halfcardigan tuck rib stitches, said half cardigan tuck rib stitches beingformed of two different yarns, one of the yarns appearing on the outsideof the leg and foot of the stocking, the other yarn appearing in reliefon the inside of the leg and foot, and the two yarns maintaining theabove-recited relationship throughout at least the major portion of theentire length of the leg and foot portions of the stocking, each of saidyarns performing a separate and distinct function.

2. The stocking of 01 1, wherein substantially the entire length of saidleg and foot portions are knit with half cardigan tuck rib stitches.

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